Court of Common Pleas of Berks County, Pennsylvania Sealing & Redaction Procedures

CRITICALCivil cases

Family Court documents must remain confidential and unavailable for public viewing in CMS unless the court orders otherwise.

Family Court documents shall be confidential and shall not be viewable in CMS by the public without an Order of Court.

CRITICALCivil cases

Court reporters and transcriptionists must redact confidential information, as defined by the cited Public Access Policy, from transcripts and orders unless the Court orders otherwise.

Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, court reporters and transcriptionists shall redact confidential information as defined by the Public Access Policy of the Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania: Case Records of Appellate and Trial Courts from transcripts and orders.

CRITICALCriminal cases

The Clerk of Courts must seal the entire record, and Court Information Management must seal the electronic records against public access.

The Clerk of Courts shall seal the entire record and Court Information Management shall seal the electronic records to prohibit public access to them.

CRITICAL

Parties must not file both a redacted and an unredacted version of the same document.

Parties are expressly prohibited from filing a redacted and an unredacted version of any document.

WARNINGCivil cases

The court may order a filing sealed on its own motion or for good cause shown.

The Court may, on its own motion or for good cause shown, order a filing be made under seal.